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The most ancient group of the Hungarian geological vocabulary comes form the Finno-Ugrian. During Mediaeval migrations Iranian and Turkish words have been added. After the Hungarians settled in the Carpathian Basin in the 9th century, Slavic, German and scholastic Latin words have been added through the ages. József Szabó, professor of geology of the Pest University, provided methodological background for further development of the language of the profession : while foreign nomenclature is acceptable, terminology should be Hungarianized. - (ZK)